This building was constructed as the 5th Public Library to operate in Palmerston North. The three-storey library building was opened on 4 November 1965 and served as the city's library until 1996.
Creator: Ian Matheson - Palmerston North City Council
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1973
This photograph appeared in the first issue of "Corporation News." It looks across The Square towards the old Public Library. This building was the fifth to house the Palmerston North Municipal Library, and the second to be built specifically as a...
Creator: Morgan - Palmerston North City Council
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1977
This negative proof sheet shows a variety of scenes in the Public Library that once stood on the corner of Main Street East and The Square.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Corner of The Square and Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1974
Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 25th July 2023. Part 1 of 2. Coming from South Africa in 1971. Why left South Africa. Apartheid. Fitting in in New Zealand, similarities and differences. Racial issues in New Zealand compa...
Creator: Stuart Birks
Place: Palmerston North
Date: July 25, 2023
Linton Army Camp purchased these 18 ton Mack dump trucks in 1979. They were attached to the Fire Support Squadron at Linton Army Camp, replacing 5 ton Internationals and Bedfords.
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Linton Camp, Palmerston North
Date: January 30, 1979
The Queen and Prince Philip visited Palmerston North on Saturday February 26th, 1977. In this photograph, the Queen is shown talking to elderly residents, escorted by Mayor Elwood and other dignitaries.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: February 26, 1977
This photograph comes from a large set of images of people involved in the West End Amateur Swim Club, donated by a member of the public to the Ian Matheson City Archives. The images are largely of the winners of local competitions, but there are ...
Creator: Colin Kennedy
Place: Park Road, West End, Palmerston North
Date: 1971 to 1972
This photograph comes from a large set of images of people involved in the West End Amateur Swim Club, donated by a member of the public to the Ian Matheson City Archives. The images are largely of the winners of local competitions, but there are ...
Creator: Colin Kennedy
Place: Park Road, West End, Palmerston North
Date: 1970 to 1971
A group of five dancers kneeling with a trophy. From left: Karen Archer, Lynette Black, Lance Fuller, unknown, Leanne Archer. The group were pupils of the well-known Palmerston North dance teacher Zona Broughton.
Creator: Peter Cain Studios, Palmerston North
Date: 1960s
This image was taken for a story that ran in the Manawatu Evening Standard on 8 September 1976 with the caption, "Detective Sergeant Mick Glynn of Palmerston North CIB searches through the ashes under the grandstand's canteen counter." Identified ...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Palmerston North Showgrounds, Palmerston North
Date: September 1976
The Manawatū Scottish Society Pipe Band is lining the path to the Cenotaph in the Square, as part of the ANZAC Day commemorative service. Mayor Gilbert Rennie is visible standing opposite the band. The Commercial Hotel and Buildings, and the Milne...
Creator: Jack Cottam
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1965
The lakelet was constructed in The Square, Palmerston North, in 1909 by the Beautifying Society. In 1953 Arthur Hopwood gifted the city of Palmerston North £10,000 to build a new tower in The Square to hold the clock and chimes removed from the Po...
Creator: Palmerston North City Council
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1971
This photograph shows a view of Broadway Avenue. It is from a series of framed photographs that were rescued from a local dumpster.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date: 1980s
Crowds are admiring a number of vintage fire engines, accompanied by firemen dressed in period uniforms. The P.D.C. and Maple buildings can be seen in the rear of the photograph.
Creator: Jack Cottam
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 197X
Street view of the new shopping complex, built to replace the Britannia Buildings on the corner of George and Main Street. The photograph is taken from across the intersection by the new Palmerston North Civic Administration Building.
Creator: Jack Cottam
Place: Cnr. Main and George Streets, Palmerston North
Date: 197X
As part of the event celebrating NZ Fire Services, children are seen riding on one of the older fire engines around the Square. The clock tower can be seen in the background
Creator: Jack Cottam
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 197X
The Centennial Pavilion was constructed in The Square for the 1971 Palmerston North Centennial. Comprised of a series of prefabricated buildings that sat opposite Main Street and the Commercial Hotel, the Centennial Pavilion was a meeting hall use...
Creator: Jack Cottam
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1971?
Crowds are gathered for a parade or event in the Square. The photograph was taken from the raised berm of the Lion's Den looking towards the Commercial Hotel, and the D.I.C.
Creator: Jack Cottam
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 197X
Crowds are gathered for a parade or event in the Square. The photograph was taken by the clock tower, looking towards the Public Library and Watson Bros. Building. There appears to be a raised platform or ship?? with flags parked behind the Lion's...
Creator: Jack Cottam
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 197X
The Square and the Coronation Fountain are in the foreground, with the newly built CML building which housed the Inland Revenue Department, next to the MLC building, and the BNZ Bank at the top of Rangitikei Street. The Commercial Union building c...
Creator: Jack Cottam
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 197X
Palmerston North Centenary parade float, possibly organised by the Manawatū Chinese Association.
Creator: Jack Cottam
Place: Cuba Street, Palmerston North
Date: March 13, 1971
Anti-apartheid demonstrators outside the NZI (NZ Insurance) building in Palmerston North.
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: 42 Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North
Date: September 1976
A quadrant of the Square is filled with people by the Te Awe Awe statue, for the Palmerston North Centenary parade. There are sheep in pens along one side of the image.
Creator: Jack Cottam
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: March 13, 1971
A Palmerston North street view with the ANZ Bank on the corner of Coleman Place, which housed the Scotch Wool Shop, the Norfolk House and the D.I.C. Building can be seen following along the left side of the street. The Odeon Theatre in George Stre...
Creator: Jack Cottam
Place: Cnr. Coleman Place and The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1976?
A Palmerston North street view with the "Sportsman" sporting goods specialist in the foreground, and the Grand Hotel in the background. All Saints Church spires can be see behind this street view. This site is now the location for the Palmerston N...
Creator: Jack Cottam
Place: Cnr. of the Square and Main Street East, Palmerston North
Date: 1975?
A Palmerston North street view with the old brick fire station on Cuba Street, Palmerston North.
Creator: Jack Cottam
Place: Cuba Street, Palmerston North
Date: 197X
Two cranes are standing over the construction site for the new Palmerston North Civic Administration Building. The Palmerston North City Council CAB was opened in January 1980. It projects across The Square road into the gardens. The 'tower' (seen...
Creator: Jack Cottam
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 197X
This image was not published in the Manawatu Evening Standard. It depicts carollers Leisa (aged 10) and Shaun (aged 11) Crooks.
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: December 1979
The $40,000 Coleman Mall redevelopment was opened on 27 July 1973 by the Mayor of Palmerston North, Mr B.G.C. Elwood. The work was done by Palmerston North City Council workmen except for the asphalting of the parking and pedestrian areas. This vi...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Coleman Mall, Palmerston North
Date: February 1973
The $40,000 Coleman Mall redevelopment was opened on 27 July 1973 by the Mayor of Palmerston North, Mr B.G.C. Elwood. The work was done by Palmerston North City Council workmen except for the asphalting of the parking and pedestrian areas.
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Coleman Mall, Palmerston North
Date: 1973